TABLE 1.
Annual cases of meningococcal disease by age group and serogroup in Scotland, 1994 to 1999
| Age group | No. of cases by serogroup in indicated yr
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| 1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1999
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1994 to 1999
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| B | C | Others | B | C | Others | B | C | Others | B | C | Others | B | C | Others | B | C | Others | B | C | Others | |
| <1 yr | 19 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 120 | 20 | 14 |
| 1 yr | 14 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 51 | 26 | 7 |
| 2 to 4 yr | 15 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 66 | 34 | 11 |
| 5 to 17 yr | 9 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 70 | 106 | 14 |
| 18 to 34 yr | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 51 | 65 | 11 |
| 35 to 49 yr | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 6 |
| 50 to 64 yr | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 1 |
| ≥65 yr | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 7 |
| All ages | 68 | 28 | 1 | 60 | 30 | 18 | 73 | 41 | 18 | 59 | 52 | 17 | 54 | 72 | 11 | 86 | 80 | 6 | 400 | 303 | 71 |